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an 0 0 0. 1 wiozois reopel f ers 00r 'of' 08 t0 woo, hico a• e i ~dai, o o 4 50 00$ i 0 4) 0 IS SIS : 2 00 t 4° • 360 t here if ty s it 'or rid :o . o Ir e :Stja PI V . 1 0 t i 5 1 3 0 riptio 4 1, ago ;be i f lO o 'lO " 0 01 to 4.10 a,1: 9 0 4 to- 2 0. 06111 la " p 10 id 0 - pa 8,1,11710' Os gd 00 380 etio , ,riendi 01 .000 , rird 0;3000' .0. s fpo soo 14 , 0 o f 1 , 4 13(1',°E 40 1 ' gee g o. 4 P 000. c loP c i'' the s e e V ; Do diel O? "' 97 tg, glen' e, the I°lll 0,0 4 , s tet, I°lll3 00 oar to?1 of 0 1$ oa 4 s, d , l g i , e gec l 2,..*A r' l 4 1' 0 ; 1 l' e vvole I NTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL sc,r, SOCIETY (Limited) are prepared to RECEIVE SUB ,iPTIONS for the Capital of the caw LAND SECURITIES COMPANY (Limited). :E 000 2 ,00 ,1 ,OC 2O O ,000 h in s 4o a , Shares of £5O each, of wbich a t present. 11 Shares of £5O each, only to be issued It p 3not £3 per Shar e t o b e pa id on allotmen t . 'for conte mplated to call more than £l.O per Share in all, th .arat ore than £5 per Sha re , including £3 on allotment, in h e :_ ye ar. zPorated, with Limited Liability, under the Companies' AP I • Act, 1862. 6104,1? ' cat ion will be made to Parliament, in the next Ses - I 'Dc all Act conferring special powers. IN DIRECTORS. Th e rate the Duke of MARLBOROUGH, President. .he %Limit —,rectirs of the lnternat , onal Financial Society aekned) acting as a Finance Committee. Nr,/ E nnis, Esq., M.P., Director of the Bank of Ireland. Nettles Fergueson, Bart. M.P. Sir Greville, isq • M.P. 4,0 ml Charles Dalrymple Hay, Baits M. • ,!'s Mackie, Esq , M.P. stri tii;wrence Palk, Bart, M.P. -witilenr Dstracey, Bart, `leery,'M.P. leg., Dublin. liens h ' ',lllllar, Esq. (Herries, Farquha - , and Co.) l',.:TraY, Dublin. John ungscore, Esq. co, .Flortio Lloyd, Esq , Director Lands Improvement flo pay . n i e • n i l l er y!sa Petro. Na pier, s Rich, Bart, Chairman Lands Improvement 11317 -e `ta, Esq. (Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co.) blea:2o. Z on cl . ay, 'RANKERS. atr ip Bevan, Tritton, Twells, and Co , Lombard- LoagnBra• Rerries, Farquhar, and Co., St. James's-street, Resen t b. SOLICITORS, tent -et; -mrcba, Dalrymple, Drake, and Ward, Parlia - Slew; ea. London. 1 • 0 140,' 8 ' West and Ring, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house, glop o , t ~'mlnter, Bl a i r, and Cowan, W. S ., Edi n burgh. ' '1 ilc 0, narn ara Cantwell, Esq., Dublin. - " ln itliCt i Dublin. t e es s fi ra. se BROKERS. bra ' p . e2a ,r id Co., 38, Throgmortm-street. Cazem e and Co., 52, Threadneedle-street. International OFFICES. Society's Temporary Offices 5 1, Old Broad -street, E.C., and 2, Old Palace-yard, Westminster, S.W. (ae l'ehattZlr eet ors of the I n t ernat i ona l Fi na ncial Society, in o az this Pros ectus to the public. call atten n t I.,."tttedtt_the,ComPpany has been established to supply an s ai t gieg at izrs in this country, where . landed rroperty 1,,7 11 of t • she groPe. .e as a fund of credit than in any other of the ta%,,,, TYL P,_aIIY will act as agents between the Investing riblel74,tne borrower. They will also make advances, re -11--ri'?"ed terms, Or by terminable annuities, on landed' and e'f'„tti rates ' 4l every charge upon land, sunh as county iiritrlia;, rates levied on land under public or private acts m. in—°°erne,,4ent, Royal charters,. commissions of sewers, e. -est Alil., reot vo ,. e ys iecegreensati ch d ar re g n es ts r a private "states, towns improv ry preliminaryh taken for ,Aet i&ng Parlisteps have been arbour trusts, &c. 4 11 2' aid arnent in the ensuing Session fo a spet a kar , ,,..7 l tatel e ..ne Company s Companyoperations • and wish a view a 'field for the corn vltt;'o7lllene t 0 secure to the charnenta °flatness, provisional and remunerative t . tr- Pr e ,acter i ll aye been made for oper . ationsofa t n or ex t t n e e ns i i m ve . h a paiet t oefonnexion with securities created c tim l tut A b ct i ll ef. ft,ll , 2un un e d nt r . atnhdewLhatnondsarlempprrootevreemnenentoshoCtognaeo ‘vatal,.. krl.l:tte, estates. )4 1 ,4sn eko T or the securities thus acquired, the Company nl vvat a ,Slf. " y .gaee Debentures at fixed rates ofas may suit Win au t i`arly, for shorter or longer terms , li elica,`Mti. m tlell a system of registratio will b er e - a to d s o u p o te o d t Th-411rea trotect the lenders from any ov tnabi.,,Anip a i,(le Company. pear P. fin, acting by their Debenture system, will be £lO It la Z'A.. over their paid-up capital many times in the y oli p in er I ,4 l. eaLs_imated that a working fund of L 200,000, be rag a lao „,_R' ope rit , 4 7 uld be sufficient to conduct a business in illions per annum, and ine or rrat e a , ri p i a of three or four I Yarich e l •,,Whieb , aaaion upon that amount m would produce an ample deductions for able expen:..l.tor making' an r aipi de Z and most reQem th e e fnnd, will leave a sum avail -344 b u ali d by the large profits ent to remunerate the Shareholders they h Y theL Y high scale, as prove ."" bee ands Improvement Company in the ten years 1 1 in operation. To 0, PoFog g y " of APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Genti the 131r (a . ct° tre rs it ot the International Financial Society ed) 54. Old Broad-street, E.C. %uebLae Lanen►s-",,,—.1 request o to allot m Shares of L5O tO Company (Limited),_ m and I hereby " e conle a m 4114 h ares , or an of that co k e Ntlest rely number that ma p y a b n e y 'al ß l n ot d te t d o t a g e rn ep e t , %bets „,," name may be p I respect of the Shares al l l a o c t e te d d m O t me.tl.le Register Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full ....... ......• Reference Date..." • • • • • '-----...................._ N T) iii,, shrtre:ereby of ror2litem, for SECUR I T I E S COMPANY QIN bir (Limited). the International Financial . Society Tr I give notice, that no further Ap . phcat a i t o t n e s r 24p, 1 uitt,,,„.n the above Company will be received 4 , iro n the 23d inst., from London, or MONDAY, the '". the country. By order. i ' 61 (1 n WALTER A. MICHAEL, Secretary. 21 st ,r_nnad-street, " 1864. I:4RT,LONDON, IT A - I,IAN. AND ADRIATIC -')ai.1,110,-te4,ltt NAvioA- A lci . N co"P B A p N w Y lie L r i e ni by ite th d 'e ma %lllB.r u e Shilar el e r r ol ,Ccir ri a s n liMit e cHo the amount of their D E , Cap t i r -As h b i '.`oo 000 in 10,000 shares of £5O each. 4%11 , 13 ? 4 ;i a l ir ll7a o r n e , o a r l i; o a t p n p ie li n e t a . tio_n, and a f urther payment calls not to excee , l £5 per G. / 4t t° I, e made at less intervals than three months. , R: 4 tho% t r DIRECTORS. itl iCT l 4ll kVigt 7 Ple, Esq., Director of the China and Japan .4.l7::::: 7 ;tt e ckeecutiars;i:ll7•:Bll.l:: Itil 'At ii4 ElT' 7l?: sq., P t i gec . tor of the Alliance Bank of elm E. Chtli.;'"DtPl. Ra i l l'lnzen t , ,-oriapk t ii • - Director of the Royal Mail .1 11 ,_ank ar.ing , 5 ,' , Chairman of the Blackwall -° / iiri 8 . lqn, '' Director of the London and County -",tlildinp4."°oll, t, Iron Ship Bhi n T A'alc'e'r , °M E D s any. -1, Director of the Thames Willi;i" '-'.„wner.) 1., 1. (3ferisra. Grinnell, Tinker, and Morgan, 0 , 1 11 u llath'oNe.atenhall-atreet. I. ' G • ' W alia ta C. ores, (Messrs. Ullathorne and Co.),_ h l i . r o e r!- biro...estrilorel:s.,e, D urham, and Startforth, k -,,,, 0r of ...,, -6 1 , I ' Le re i n' -- „„ 8( 1, • (Messrs. Charles Joy Y ce L o i L e-- "'d e Credit Association, ' l°ll4 tall t „ AU DITOR. nd ted C . o.), nd° 1 -( 1. O S Tesars. Quilter, Ball, and Co.) tr. -4 athl e oh em, lle.rixtna. Ali t hes. "411 B ank, Lombard-street, London, and a e ne )3( t °lklatedk k, tan° London and Liverpool, Liverpool. Manchest er . IN lra' Ito, bin ..._, SNA.REDRORERS. ' lbatlow'll Barber, 29, Threadneedle-Street, London. " ShorA ..113n_deo.,__Lierpool. ik. • - .."4 tkirk Manchester. Res ' , -0. liftnaber and 81°T "ct L rr " i I s T on ° , 1 ZO, King's Arms-yard, 1"/PE R T TT - EN . DING ENGINEER. Itobert Bowman, Esq. SECRETARY. 't e i ,,,, George IZ4 Grant, Esq. --wOrary offieed,_.--, Fen hunch-street, E.C. , 411 1 '1 h2'' Intl * , PROSPECTUS. 41 -0 4 -44 e in the Mediterran an trade during the last -uu • 48 gh IN ~4 Ato own by the_ °lariat _returns amounts to of t , „ tip i. Which the Italian, Greek, and Adriatiu ports 1ea',444: ~41‘gelYcontributed. In order to meet_ this increase "ti‘t`l of .- .Tre steam tonnage from London has become a 418; 4 ope`,rg'eut necessity, the preference by merchants for Th e ' "16 toi - r "Mk; conveyance for their goods _ being such, b. e! 'l hole t eetors have no hesitation - in stating that nearly le - Oettiet 14 1 e to and from the Mediterranean will a aho le r a tl s y t to re t . to t , LLereW steamers. It is calculated t . h,ct at least aeci"; 3 l. l : l e goods are annually exp 2oo ort ooo ed ftrooomsLaorendaonn u,oe IP,port m e eoe, While upwards of , -ql , -khreet— st• 4et , 11 ora, in resolvine. to establish th's . Company, are .. te a ß lll ,._ers h e°4l allred by the facts—that two lines of screw tro,ql tea have for ears been engaged with most sue -711 Il lts in themade between Liverpool atilt' the Italign lbeiltellattill,e leading merchants in London, ted in int 7 e lion of 141 hltratto,,,`muc, have constantly urged the organisation (41 W l esee in pro and many of the merchants in Italy eti t e e 4 o rder to show their confidence in o t w he ar s_ucc t e h ss e tvc,t,,l reeta r ise,, , have offered to contribute t_ omp a a s ny in I t"; Possibi' - ' l, snd otherwise to support the C ke it ," obj,.. e way. b i r - • ,e. therefore, of this Company are the establish- I ' l k Il st 41 n L-411pfill°,`,..Gent,,1°.! SCrew Steamers Messina, Loan - 1 , 44 m: /141-z k eZhorn, Naples. an_ 4 r o a n i e a rm ild o t , h to e 1.74.44151 i ii and -k ing' regularity at intervals of' not less than t4l itn ti ' q 4 V il t,ed tO the requirements of th in e t t r h ad e e m be e t d w it e e e r n_ lla - 's A driatic, and other ports Ithiet,t44,l%. that itj,kll4Zithiztthe operations of the Company may be corn •• 1 I u t ttit oa ~,,,_ delay, the Directors h i a eo ve to p r r s o o v t is a i n on e tly st e io n g - It ii eeetfelVement with tbe D r z 11 4 144 trailt, l / 4 their four new steamers, vi , the Alexandra, 4 4 n te l, I n t% b, (4 ..1 Venetia, and valuable w . coe l n e e n x t i e o r n i i in n ni th e e . Th -Io lt t '‘' 4p; which the shareholders or e e o % e e : it t ia l oh,i7 4(i ta t 0 ) t e be t s e s d ; itah sharesri ce of b t e h a e ge e e n cl p u a p o o y n . t and the enginFs ld Or ila4llB e vr l t I ° ) ;S te r b , e11 1: 1 ): 1 . 4 P MT: ac e i p i l n e en ? built for the trad o e t , l a 2 r o e . p' (,; ue are 13 1' Mess andalay, Son, and Fie 0 . ems -1 1 - mIN once r..= rg' construction of the 0 1 -4 Nvi i -nal I ._ Koren for = th e 114 1 , 1 4t e ,,, 1 n ot e'exletTners. share,nor will they be made per L'estel„tillaraelial,,tillitri tule£s per r tha To the extent of £25 p -`,,,t1,.4Z14,Prs wi ll e b m e o e n ntitied to anticipate future calls,per 'll --I " So crest on such pre -payments at the rate of 5 4%1114 11 Iline . ;klqed trce) allotment take plays,the whole deposit will be ie 4 t°r ooZto °l.d edlietio n. Z l) abt lu cutt e rl_le . S: or other outlay beyond the necessary oration and establishment the PR; 4 -I t t h i b e paid he jut ii„.,-4.l,llt4et°tlt'ieu4nrtceicle; dof t th e the and Association eoffiees l e i f es th f e er co in m s p p a ec oy ti . on at " 4 e li:tukeedrato Areabsecarersttoa be made in the annexed form, to t the Company's Offices, or or ItankeraortYfieaCompany. , PC)IO 4 Ao p, oP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. r, '"' birectorTo be retained by the Bankers. . , N. 4,,,„ ~444..d,,,,,1net‘ ...4t o v f i z t a h c l: e nd orn on p ,p4li i n and (Limited). dri t a i t: e c a S b t o e T am e. Y k 4tt lili? °, ap‘n y ' l i t i rtn paid to the Bankers 4 ''' to 411 (4 tne e sum of £ , I here , by oi request an th d at It-*llqtt..accePt such shares in the said Compari t y ti , a 141N041 'to ~. and or any smaller num i ber_ om t p in n a y y . titho,iTe'', and to become a member of t r __C o a I yr 4, t rR lu reB Yon to place my name on the JR g . istey l f 44 1 o 12, b Pitt ot the shares to he alloted to me . and ' '' ,,,4 t n. th 9 2 1 t 11 bY all the conditions and rep:lllations co_n ls,,,l3,sty, p alflncranduin and Articles of Association of he con- Dated 'll Manner provided by " The CompAnies' Act, '' c l this 19, 3 , of ,1864. Name Business or Protsssion rlsce of Business Address ?.. ----___ yip x , - -- --- _ - Is, STEZ.„„.NbONT, ITALIAN, AND ADRIATIC ,htt'o,tiee .. NAVIGATION COMPANY, Limite 1. for Ile kt 4 iii tiirt"bv given that the List of Applications e eed' t his 51,P Con pant' ' 111 be CLOSED on SATURDAY ' trElkie-ciratinr.liferwwhich date the Directors will pro e Y to allot the Shares. BY order of the Board,' f: 0 ,,,, - s, a , r GEORGE GRANT, Secretary. l=imp„,,,eltliorary Offices, 1.1\,,_,t, r'uttroh-street, E - a "arY, 1861. _____ _____ tilii - a k li ti q t i l l PLT L—viroALEN.—Alabaster Powder, ' 0 114ti 44 111 'le Magnetic Rock Dew Water from Sahara, Cir -14eth/' 1041114 i A.rabian Soaps , and Alabaster Liquid. These 1„.44, v en d ,, , ern' rlitale. toilet preparations render the hair, ,' , ltt,"'Y at Spa---'e.,xion beautiful beyond comparis"on.—Can be 41141,.545 RACEIEL'S, 47A, New Bond-street, ''' 0 0 --- COWS It dd 1 All communications are 4tt eutial, " al y. ~~... N°. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1864. 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TEAM from LONDON to NEW YORK. he British and American Steam Navigation Company (Limited) will DESPATCH one of the undermentioned Splendid Fast Screw Steamers TWICE E &CH MONTH for New York;— The New Bridge at Blackfriars. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC, BRANDY. This celebrated Old IRISiI WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It i i Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale at Tons. Horse Power. LONDON 2,500 ..... 6uo ..... Capt. GLOVER. WESTMINSTER 2,500 ..... 500 ..... Capt. Couch' DUBLIN 2,500 ..... 500 ..... Capt. FROUD. NEW YORK 2,500 ..... 500 ..... t apt. HARRIS. - - These magnificent vessels are unsurpassed by any ocean going sterner, and have accommodation for passengers re plete witn every comfort. The Line will oommence early in March ; the exact date to be fixed in a latter announcement. To load in the Victoria Docks. • • 8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded ‘ . liinahan's LL Whisky." For freight or passage apply to the Company's Agents , Alfred Laming and C.)., 70, CornhilL IMPERIAL LIFE INSURINCE COMPANY. No. 1, Old Broad-strect, London, E•C'• Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valuable informationto all requiring' househ 31d furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentl€men in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester. Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford. Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places In all parts of Great Britain. COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London, S.E, Instituted 1820. EDWARD HENRY CHAPMAN, Esq., Chairman. MARTIN TUCKER SMITH, Esq., M.P., Deputy-Chairman. Insurances effected before the 31st January, 1861, will be entitled to Three Years' Additions in the Profits to be de clared in 1866. SAMUEL INGALL, Actuary. IT THIS SHOULD MEET THE EYE of any one troubled with Wind in the Stomach, Indigestion. or Biliousness, take PAGE WOODCOCK'S WIND PILLS. Their world-wide celebrity proves them of sterling merit. Of all medicine vendors at is, lid. and 2a. 9d. ; or free by post for 14 or 33 stamps from Page D. Woodcock, Chemist Lincoln. Naval and Military Intelligence. Now ready at all the Libraries , in 3 v ols., A. WOMAN'S RANSOM. By the Author of " Grandmother's Money," &o. "An admirable novel. It is superior to any of the author's former productions in interest, construction, and style."— Post. " An excellent tale."—Daily News. Hurst and Blactett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols., post Bvo., 215., THE NAVY. VALETTA, Jan. B.—The 11,p , idignoe, 18, Captain F. A. 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Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steamer Recruit, 6, 150 horse power (nominal), having completed the alterations to her engines and machinery, and made ready for sea, was yesterday taken out of Chatham harbour to the Nom, for the purpose of testing her rate of speed at the measured mile, Maplin Sands, before being finally handed over by the dockyard officials to the first-class steam reserve, in readi ness for commission. On the occasion of the Recruit being taken on her last trial trip she proved in every respect a complete failure. A maximum speed of only about four or five knots an hour was obtained, and the paddlewheel floats were at the same time so deeply immersed in the water that it was considered useless to attempt to continue the trials. Indeed, from the way in which the vessel laboured during her trial a strong feeling of relief was felt by all on board on the steamer being safely brought up at anchor. Since the trial alluded to the Recruit has been very considerably lightened by the removal of some of her heavy stores, toge gether with two of her 32-pounder 56cwt guns. She has still, however, the whole of her six months' sea stores on board, with the exception of her provisions. With 90 tons of coals in her bunkers at starting yesterday, together with about 120 tons of machinery mud boilers, 40 tons of water, and about 30 tons of anchors, cables, &c., the Recruit drew 81t 4in aft and Bft 3in forward, and thus being on as nearly as possible an even keel she was not in the test trim to make her trial. Chatham harbour was left shortly after 9 a,m., the officials on board being Capt. W, R. Hall, C. 8., Com manding the steam reserve in the Medway, who superin tended the trials ; Mr. J. Baker, chief engineer at Chatham dockyard, and inspector of machinery afloat; Mr. Hutchens, assistant master shipwright; and Mr. Rumble, chief engi neer in charge of the steam merve squadron. The Recruit was navigated to the trial ground by Mr, Blakey, second master and Queen's pilot, and the engines were in charge of Mr. J. li. Brettal, principal engineer. Captain H. F. M'Killop was also on board during the trial, for the purpose of testing the new cofferdam or portable dock recently in vented by him, and submitted to the Lords of the Admiralty. On reaching the trial ground, six runs were made over the measured mile with the following results :—First run, time 5 min 35 sec., speed in knots 10.746, number of revolu tions 33; second run, 6 rain 20 sec, speed 9'474 knots, number of revolutions 33; third run, 5 rain 20 sec, speed 11.25 knots, number of revolutions 321; fourth run, time 7 min, speed 8.571 knots, number of revolutions 32; fitth run, time 5 rain 1 sec, speed 11'96 knots, number of revo • lutions 32; last run, time 7 min 2 sec, speed 8.531 knots, and number of revolutions 321. From these figures it ap pears that the moan average speed of the Recruit, with her coals, stores, &c„ on board, is 10179 knots per hour, which is a fair rate for a vessel of her class and dimensions. On the occasion of her former trial, on the 9th of July last, the Recruit attained a mean speed of 10.508 knots, the slight loss during her yesterday's trial resulting from her increased displacement and the quantity of stores on board. The mean pressure of steam was 221 b, and the vacuum 25. The temperature on deck was 44 deg, in the engine-room 96 deg. The weather was favourable for the trial, there being a slight breeze from the southward with a force of 3. At the close of the official runs at full steam a couple of runs were taken with two of the boilers cut off, when the first mile was run in 5 min 38 see, equal to a speed of 10.651 knots, and the second mile in 9 min 42 sec, giving a speed e o e vr r e t all t average speed at half boiler 26 revolutions of the engines peaciilwdae2lrBtwl3 8 l o b a o 6 f l :te 46l a B knots, m kot T s. h owTßihe pith h ecruit is fitted with a rudder at both stem and stern, whic h thus enables her to be s t eere d in either direction. Som e trials were accordingly made to ascer tain her capabilities of making a circle when both rud ders Each helm was accordingly brought 4o deg. by two men; when at half deover, in and a brought nthe intoangle hard sport, the complete circle was of rather less than 200 yards, in 3 tsneadoa diameterh e p lm l a o y f . rain 20 sec. Owi n g to the l ateness of the hour at w hich the trials to ascerta in the s peed of the vessel was comple ted, it was found impossi ble to carry out the experiments w it h Capt. M‘Killop's inve ntio n , which had been placed on the side of the steamer in re a diness for use had time allowed. The public trials were accordingly p os tponed until Satur day, when they will t ake p lac e in the presence of variou s officials. The Recru it was ha nded over to the ste am re serve at the terminatio n of the t rials, and will, it is stat ed, bo shortly commissio ned to reli eve the iron paddlewhee l s t eam er Weser, 6, 150 h orse p o wer, Commander Johnstone, now in the Mediterra nean. Yesterday it was r umoured Plymouthuntil ntthat further t he orders. Edgar, B which left Gibraltar on Lisbon tch l .eT a T c hl k .3e r yu nc t r Industrya er i e i v e t Warrior, r r,rariesner screw dv:u eci sreshiPt Defence, at Spithead on T ues d ay, f rom Rio Master Commander Ed. at at Janeiro, with a few invalids and a cargo of old stores, and sailed again on R ednesday morning from Woolwich. The Industry sailed from Rio on the 22d Nov., 1863. On the 29th December she s pite, in lat. 26 60 N, lone. 31 24 W, the Hamburg ship Ori ent, and on the 30 th, in lat. 31 19 N ; lcoonwge.s3lfo4rllV,the Bremen ship Helena, from Callao for orders. The following appo intments were m ade on Wednes da y at the Admiralty : — L ieut. the Hon, Vict or A. Mon ta g u to the Racoon n oon a — va cadets, the Hector—Phili p E. , C rossw ell, Ed mu nd Hannam, Frod. G. Lillingston, and John D. Kirkness, naval cadets , to the Prin ce ]Consort — Cyril W. Cole, Edward Ramsay , John H. O ' Br ien , Josh. W. S. Anthonyt sG. F. Gordon, L. H. Eliot, and W. , Jekyll, Alex. K, B. Granville, and Richard F. Warden, midshipmen, to the Prince Consort—Henry Crawford, F. T. de Lisle, and Arth ur H. Boliero, midshi p men, to the litor c hief engineer, to the Fi s gard, addi tional a nd Charles Beal, c hi e f eng ineer, to ec ior W the ur Niger—and r_ , the Fisgard, additional for the S p iteful. The following appointm ents and promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Capt. S. 11. Hend e rson, to Curtin, the Victory, for service in the Urgent—Dr. A. Bryson to be Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy, vice Sir John Liddell, retired—Dr. Alexander E. Mackay, surg., to the Fisgard, as additional for service at Somerset-house, vice Bryson—Andrew Edwards and Win. B. Risk, assist.-payraastere, promoted to be paymasters — Wm. Roberts, in the Indus, for the Forth—John Bonen, in the Liffey—H. W. White in the Blenheim—E. D• Dooley. in the Euryalus—J. C. Weeks, in the Eclipse—M. Beaks, in the Racehorso—J • B. James, in the Trafalgar — T. F. Hight, in the Resistance—T. Baldwin, in the Fie.- gard—J. Ritchie, in the Jason—R. W. Topp, in the Magi cienne— and J. Lister,. in the Wildfire, promoted to the roAk Of engineer, _ . T / / 4 $ .. , ai ---, . , ~, ,i. ~.s.ix • ~ .-. • ... . . . ,\„,,,,, k ,,,,,, ~...... ,_ . • \ ~h , ,,,,,0 rt , , i •. - : : ,'• : , 41. . :' C .41000, • 4. j . DIES -..,7: .4• 4 5 , . ---"4,?,40 o' v. '''' - e . . _, ... ~ DEA:AT...A\ ' ' -,'-..;:-- 4 -......-- In two months more the easy work of helping old Black friars-bridge down will be begun. It has done its best to save contractors unnecessary work in rendering this last office. It is like a ship ready to be launched; they have but to knock away the centring from the two btoken backed arches which now obstruct the river, and the whole structure will go pell-mell into the Thames. It is just in that critical condition that it can change no further with out coming down with a crash. It has reached its last point of subsidence, and, to do it justice, it has for some time past seemed disinclined to tempt its fate further. It might stand in its present condition for the next ten years, or it might tumble down like a house of cards in a few hours. The intricate, yet beautifully arranged web of scaf folding raised for the erection of the temporary and the railway bridges has much decreased the scour of the river through the arches; it so far has checked any tendency to further settlement, and, perhaps, the old bridge has more chance of standing now than it has had for the last 25 years. But it is not a safe rule to calculate too closely in these matters, so Mr. Cubitt has hurried his plans forward for completing the temporary bridge at once, that the old high-shouldered structure may be closed in April and re placed with a far wider, stronger, and infinitely handsomer structure as soon as possible. The great engineering works now in progress at Black friars always command a somewhat large and apparently deeply interested body of spectators, who from the old bridge survey what is going on beneath them hour by hour as long as daylight lasts. To the ordinary spectator it is a curious and rather bewildering scene, a web of piles and ties, a singular two-storied mixture of iron and wood, with glimpses through the network of deep round iron cylinders, like those used for soap boiling, pushed far down in the bed of the river, being filled up with masonry. In the nooks and corners of the great framing lurk steam pile drivers fussily busy, driving great balks of timber down into the London clay, while overhead the travellers are crawling slowly to and fro with blocks of granite, masses of iron, beams, girders, or whatever else they may have seized upon, and crept off with till they are claimed with a hail from below, and lowered to their proper places in the structure. This is what can be seen from the old bridge, but the as pect is very different from the works themselves. There nothing is in the way or out of the way. The tangle of scaffolding reveals itself under proper inspection, and we see at once that, as in a spider's web, there is not a fasten ing without a purpose—nowhere is there one more or less than is required, and everything, from the largest iron girders to the smallest fastening, has its own special work to do, and will do it when the time comes. Looking towards the east from the old bridge two bridges are now being built, and both by the same engineer, Mr. Cubitt—one the great four-line bridge for the London, Chatham, and Dover, of which very little can now be seen; the other lofty tier of scaffolding is the temporary structure which is happily to replace Blackfriars in a couple of months or so. This, as the first temporary bridge we have yet seen over the Thames in London, and for its own intrinsic merits, as a very simple, yet immensely strong contrivance in scaffolding, merits some notice. Its length is 990 ft from wharf to wharf, and it is built in two stories; the lower one is 26ft wide (the width of the old bridge roadway) ; the upper storey is raised 16ft above this, and consists of two footways, each 9ft wide, the width of the footways in the present bridge being only 7ft. The lower storey is for the carriage traffic, the upper for pedestrians, and the four feet extra width of footway given to the latter is to accommo date the loungers on either side who are sure to pass much of their time in looking over at the progress of the works beneath. This scaffolding, though called a temporary bridge, is in reality a pereae;eent structure as far as strength is concerned. It is only temper... 7 in the sense that it is not built of durable materials, such tie atone or iron. The lower piles are driven 10ft into the bed of the river ; the staying piles which carry the roadway are only 18ft from centre to centre longitudinally—those laid transverses; are only 7ft apart. All these, too, are braced together wilie horizontal and diagonal bracings, and, in fact, even as far as the woodwork is concerned the whole is built of consider ably greater strength than ordinary wooden viaducts for railways. This bridge has three openings for river traffic, each of 70ft span. These are formed by two girders, Eft deep, with ordinary transverse girders between, They are already nearly all floored with wrought iron buckle plates, and for the future traffic are to be covered with asphalt and paved with wood. The gradient of this temporary road will be exactly that of the new bridge when finished—that is, a rise of lin 40, instead of as at present lin 22—an in cline only less dreadful than that which stops the traffic up llolborn-hill. The approaches to the foot bridge, as being taken up t 3 a high level above the roadway, will be much more steep—no less than linlo on either side. To make these easily practicable to pedestrians it will be necessary that in wet and frosty weather such timber slopes should be well sanded, or they will be almost insurmountable. This steep gradient is only continued to where the footpaths going and coming from each side meet the road traffic above, whence they are continued across the river at al most a level. Yesterday this temporary bridge was tested by a mass of iron weighing 36 tons being drawn slowly across the greater part of the carriage-way. Under this severe test not the slightest yield or complaining among the tim bers could be detected, though the strain was certainly more than double what is ever likely to come upon a single part of the bridge at any one time. This was a test for strain only ; the next will be for vibration, when a weight of six tons will be drawn rapidly over it, in order to counterfeit, as far as it is possible to do so, the rapid, reckless driving of one of Pickford's heavy vans. Under this last test a good deal of vibration is sure to be found, but that in mere wooden structures, which, as it is said, "give and take so much," will be of little consequence so long as no lateral sway of the whole fabric takes place. In April it is hoped to be able to open this bridge, when the old one will be at once closed, and the work of removing it to make room for its grand successor bo urged on with all rapidity. The new bridge, which is to occupy the site of the old one, will be as great an improvement upon that which now cumbers the river, as Westminster is upon the heavy, dan gerous, and steep pile of stones it at last superseded, with so much benefit to the public. The improvement that will result from the change, looking at it only as a question of accommodation for the public, may be seen at a glance by a mere comparison of dimensions. Tho width of the roadway of the old bridge is 26ft; the width of the new roadway will be 45ft. Old Blackfriars has two pathways of 7ft each ; new Blackfriars will have two of 15ft each. The gradient of old Blackfriars is 1 in 22ft—of the new, 1 in 401 t, or the same as new Westminster, which on the surface it will en tirely resemble, except in being 4ft less wide over all. It is to be built in five spans or arches, the two next the shore being of 155 ft span each, the two next those, again, 175 ft span, the centre arch having a stretch of 1851 t. These arches will be all of wrought irou—the piers on which they rest of Aberdeen and red polished granite, with richly orna mental cornices and capitals of Portland stone. The total length of the proposed structure from end to end is 1,170 ft., its width extreme from point to point of piers, 130f1; its height from high water, 36ift, and from foundation to parapet, 81ft. The waterway under the arches will be 845 ft, as compared with the present water way of 769 ft ; its headway under the arches will be 25ft, and though Oft lower in height than the present structure, it will double the accommodation to river traffic under it, owing to the elliptical shape and somewhat flat crowns of its arches. The style of the whole is to be what is called Venetian Gothic. The two outside ribs of the ironwork that will be seen from the river will have open lattice span drils of wrought iron, ornamented at their junctions with bold gilt flowers. The ribs beneath this will be in five joints, of great depth and strength, and similarly orna mented, but on a larger scale. In the centre of each arch will be hanging shields, gilt and emblazoned. Over the latticework will be a moulding, carried on concave brackets, enriched with broad graceful leaves of foliage, while above all will come the balustrade of the footways. This latter will be exceedingly handsome. It will be formed of an open arcading of cast iron, each of the small columns which support it having highly enriched foliated capitals of the most varied designs, though all in strict keeping with the style and intended general effect. Above these columns, the cornice, so to speak, of the balus trade will be pierced in trefoils with a kind of moulded string course to resemble a sort of handrail above all. This balustrade will be atft high, and all its beautiful proportions and detail of design have evidently been studied with the utmost care, and c e rtainly with the utmost success. The spaces between the many separate ribs which go to form each arch will be built over with buckle-plates, and the usual bed of asphalt and stone pitching pavement laid above all. So much for the ironwork. With the stone, as might be expected, higher efforts are made at ornamental details, and, in an architectural point of view, are made with even more success. There are to be four stone piers, each 130 ft long by 201 ft wide, and 35ft high from Trinity level. As the design was especially framed to admit of construc tional colour, the masonry used here will the blue gray granite of Aberdeen, red polished granite columns, with bases and capitals of richly-carved white Portland stone. To begin, however, with the construction of the piers. They will, like all bridge found ations of the p resent day, be built in wrought-iron caissons. Seven caissons will be re quired for each pier. These will be forced down to 2act. oft. below the bed of the river—into the London cl.y , in f When they can be got no lower they will be laid at the b o tt o m with concrete, and built up inside till they are solid. It is not yet decided whether they are to be thus filled iu w ith bricks or masonry, but it is to be hope d the latter. the iron arches rest; but on the exte rnal face of the pier,— willt t b b e e l l o a w i d l , o a w n dw be er t e e c r o t n h t e i n b u l e o d e k u s p o i f p. g t r h a e n oe i ten centre e l l to o f w g h rest e r e Fs t i h oz a euC t is, on each end that can be see n from the river, they win rise apparently to the level of the balustrade. On the 7-4..,5e -g 2-4 PRICE 4d. STAMPED ....sd. end of each pier, and rising from a bold rich pediment of carved white stone, will be a column of polished red granite, 7ft in diameter and 12ft in height. This will Le surmounted by a gigantic capital of carved white stone, and this again with what we may term a cornice deeply cut and rich in its design. Above all will be the massive ornamental parapet of white stone, partly pierced in bold yet simple designs, and this latter will form the balustrade surrounding the wide recess above each pier. It is difficult to speak too highly of the general effect of these piers as they will be seen from the river. There is a simplicity, a massiveness, and dignity in their whole proportions, and the effect of their colour contrasts will bo so striking that no merely verbal description can do them justice. When the piers are all finished the pressure on the foun dation will be only four tons per fo•)t, or not much more than half the pressure on the foundations of large ware houses. The ironwork will, of course, all bo tested before it goes up, and before the bridge itself will be opened ; but it is almost not too much to say that the second testing in place will be a mere matter of form, for the sectional area of all the girders has been designed to be about seven times stronger than any strain than can ever come upon it in the reasonable course of London daily traffic. One most ornamental and novel feature in the new bridge deserves especial mention, both for its own merit and for the praiseworthy liberality and good taste the corporation have displayed in granting this extra expense for purely decorative purposes. At both sides and at both ends the new bridge is to have a wide and noble flight of steps lead ing to the waterside. But, unlike other bridges, which ge nerally have their parapets tapering away into insignifi cance at their extremities, the balustrades at either end stop short and terminate in four bold massive pediments about 25ft high, somewhat similar to those which terminate the balustrades M London bridge, but far more lofty in size and noble in proportion. Once seen in design and it was impossible for any architect or engineer of taste to resist surmounting them with groups of statuary, and this Mr. Cubitt boldly did, and included the price of the bronze groups in his estimate for the whole bridge. Though these are, after all, mere supplementary ornaments, without which no doubt, the bridge, as a bridge, would do quite as well, yet the corporation, to their great honour, did not take this narrow view of it, but, regarding the statues only as a splendid finish to their splendid work, almost unanimously granted the £16,000 required for the four groups. All these are to be equestrian statues in bronze, and 20ft high. Three of them are already decided on—her Majesty, with Queen Elizabeth, at one end, and King Alfred, and most probably Edward the Black Prince, as the first and most renowned of our Princes of Wales, at the other. The coat of the whole work, including the temporary bridge, is only £265,000, which is at the rate of £3 per foot super, only about is a foot dearer than Westminster br idge, which still enjoys the honour of being the cheapest and as yet the most beautiful that spansthe Thames. There is only one great drawback on Mr. Cubitt's bridge, but this, unfortunately, is a most serious destroyer of its beauty. It is that the equally fine bridge which is being built for the Chatham and Dover line is so close to the site of new Blackfriars that from no point of the river can a view be got of one structure without the other also appearing and spoiling it. The distance between the two is only 150 feet —a mere nothing in perspective. The spans of both are the same, but the railway is a level bridge and the city struc ture is arched, and situated as they are, apparently almost touching, one most effectually kills the other. In these days of metropolitan railways the Chatham and Dover bridge (which is a wonderful structure of its kind) must, we suppose, be regarded as a necessary evil. But, neces sary as it may be, it is cordially to be wished that it was anything but alongside the site of new Blackfriars. The latter will really be a noble structure, and will add still further to the character the Thames enjoys above all other rivers in the world for the grandeur and beauty of its bridges. THE PROPOSED PRUSSIAN' LOAN, BERLIN, Jan. 19. The report of the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies upon the loan demanded by the Govern ment has appeared. Having been drawn up before the declaration of Austria and Prussia at the latest sitting of the Federal Diet, it does not touch upon the most recent phase of the Schleswig-Holstein question. The declarations made in the Committee by Herr von Bismark upon the position of the Governmerlt are of especial interest. They may be summarised as follows Up to the present time it has not been the inten tion of the Government to proceed upon any other basis than that of the Diet. This, however, by no means excluded the possibility of an independent advance,il the proposition of Prussia should not be supported by a majority at the Diet. It was his duty, as Minister for Foreign Affairs, to place Prus sian interests in the first rank, not the interests of another dynasty or of any other nationality. It could not be admitted that the collective strength of Prussia and Austria—the Powers who protected the glass-house of the German State system from European attacks—should be disposed of by a majo rity which possibly did not represent two millions and a half of population. So long as the separation of territories in Germany held good, so long might German commercial interests and the like be spoken of, bat no German interests in politics. In that regard he could only recognise Austrian, Bavarian, &c., interests. " He considered the question of Prussia's entire withdrawal from the London Treaty rather a ques tion of opportuneness than of right. Only those deductions from right had force which one possessed the power to carry out. It was a common error to imagine that the right of States was found by law yers, not made by treaties. It was an awkward thing to measure treaties by the mere standard of justice. The Committee should recollect the Treaties of Vienna, which contained much injustice, and yet had constituted the basis of the European State system for nearly 50 years. They should recollect Poland ; remember the curtailment of Saxony, whose King was punished merely because, being the only monarch in the power of Napoleon, he had been unable to join the Allies. "If the German deductions of right in the Schles wig-Holstein matter were declared to be perfectly clear and transparent, as had been remarked in the Committee, and opposing opinions were stigmatised as 'threadbare sophistry' and ' hole-and-corner arguments,' he would only observe, in place of all criticism, that hole-and-corner -arguments; when supported by a majority of European bayonets, usually gained the day. In the question of oppor tuneness our relations to the Duchy of Schleswig played an important part ; for as soon as we with drew from the London Treaty, the cognate treaties of 1851-52, and therewith all claims to interference, fell to the ground. From the moment of withdrawal from the London Treaty, therefore, the Duchies were shown different roads, and then the question immediately started into importance whether the Confederation had a right to conquer a non German country—Schleswig—from a German Prince. Such imparted a right of the Confederation could never be de duced from Federal treaties, which were merely far mutual assistance. Were such a capability ac have reconquered for Austria her birthright in Italy siau Ambassadors In case of a withdrawal from the London protoco, s i it o w r e o a u would Neufchatel follow t ha t t o Thee King g e doefr Prussia n shoaunl and c h pf e o a P e i n t m e e m d a r Ist of January of this year, to which period he had etrht think n k l y a new shape to the proceedings of the great German irykrceofeurlrdedataosndceeciiseicorporate Schleswig. The of the de parture Copenhagen, en d of the collective motion brought in with reference to that date upon Dec. 28, which held out the prospect of eventual occupa ntrtci Powers ; r e occupa tion of Schlegwig. The Diet had come to no resolu tion as to e jection' of the hereditary Prince of A egustenburg. 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They are fitted without wires or fastenings, and adapt themselves so perfectly to the gums, that they are quite immoveable, except at the option of the wearer. Invalids or residents in the country can ad just these teeth to many changes of the mouth without the aid of a dentist. They are not so liable to injury, are always useful, and will last a lifetime. Comfort guaranteed. Trea tise explaining Mr. Eskell's Patent, &0., free for 7 stamps. Inspection of specimens and consultations free. —B,Grosvenor street, Bond-street, W ; and at 39, Bennett's-hill, Bir mingham. DR. SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY.—Pre oared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. .-ieott, of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indigestion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &a For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier of the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera tion and grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro mote digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Sold by W. Lambert, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross, London, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green package, with " William Lambert," engraved on the stamp. N O THING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of theday, AGUA AMARELLA. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3 King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumers to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at Time Agua Amarell a h as none of t h e pro p er tie s o f is beneficial to the system, and when restored one application per month w dw l s.tl keepatigite; on i' itianitrhp is contrary, n ee o et e c e colour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 6d. Testimonials from artistes of the highest order, and from individuals undoubted respects may be seen on applicati on. M essrs. J o h n Gos n ell Co. have been appointed Perf umers to her Roya l High tfai' um the Princess of Wales, London : John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. Now ready, in 1 vol. dewy Bvo., with numerous Illustrations from Photographs, price 155., NOTES of a CRUISE of H.M.S. FAWN in the WESTERN PACIFIC in the year 1802. By T. H. HOOD. " This volume may be read with profit,' not only by all lovers of natural science, and those especially who make anthropolo,(.7 their study, but also by our several missionary socities....We have read Mr. Hood's volume with real plea surefo ; it is clearly and simply expressed ; it is full of the best kind of in nction, that which results from the presentation of facts V and it abounds with entertaining pictures of unso- Phistcated man and pi imitive nature." —Daily News. Mr. Hood's narrative of the 'Cruise of the Fawn' in the Rummer of 186? reca Is much of the pleasure with which the more perilous voyages of Captain Cook in the Resolution, nearly a century since in the same waters, were followed. It is fuel of intormation as to the clusters of beautiful islands that are scattered over the Western Pacific, and contains graphic sketches of the scenery of each group, and interesting accounts of the manners and customs of the nati% es ....One of the many attractions t this delightful volume consists of numerous chromo-lithograph illustrations from photographs taken by Captain Cator, including groups of natives is quaint costumes, chiefs in war dresses, and many beautiful glimpses of the scenery of the islands." —Morning Post. " A most interesting description of the Fairy islands which stud the Pacific Ocean.... The book is full of curious notes on the ethnology, zo fogy, and ,geology of these re markable isl ,nds."—John Bull. "]n the same direct, simple, and sailor-like way it goes on to the end, towards which every reader will proceed with pleasure, but will reach with regret. In the writing there is an effective absence of any straining after effect, the nume rous illustrations aim rather to be useful by verisimilitude than ornamental by picturesqueness ; and the strangeness of the scenes and men described render bupe( fiuous all dressing up by either pen or pencil."—Scotsman. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas. Now ready, feap., price is. &L , c loth ( p osta g e 2d.), THE INNKEEPER'S LEGAL GUIDE : What he Must Do, What be May Do, and What he May Not Do. A Handy-Book to the Liabilites. limited and unlimited, of Inn-Keepers, Alehouse -Keepers, Ret reshrnent house Keepers, &c. With verbatim copies of the innkeeper's Limited Liability Act, the General Licensing Act, and Forms. By RICHARD T. TIDSWELL, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister -at-Law. London : Lockwood and Co , 7, Stationers' Hall-court. C AN TERBURY HALL—THE GHOST in the MAGIC FOUNTAINS, surpassing any of the Trans formation Scenes of the Season—one of the most beautiful effects ever produced. The scene, " The Tempest ;" Ariel, Miss E. Townley. The flight of Arlel through the Fairy Fountains is certainly a triumph of art.—Vide Public Press. All the other Musical and Pictorial attractions of the Estab'ishment as usual, including Operatic Selections, &c. ; Comedy by Unsworth (the great Stump Orator), Eugene, W. Randall, G. Ilutchenson, J. Jester, T. Maclagan, &c. Admission, ed. ; Stalls and Balcony, is. Open every Evening. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- Another GRAND CHANGE of PERFORMANCES. -FRANCO TI'S CIRQUE IMPERIAL still continues to attract most fashionable and crowded houses.-First west of the 'lsters Irma and Mathilde Monfroid, the only accom plished female riders in England-Jules Perez, the star rider of the world-J. S. Case on the magic wire -Patterson's tro'ipe of performing Dogs-B. Franooni's wonderful trick horses-Arthur and Bertrand, the unequalled French Clowns -together with the whole of the double company will ap pear at each representation. Illuminated day performances on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, at Two o'clock; evenings at halt-past Seven. Admission -Private Boxes, 215.; Reserved Seats, 3s. ; Stalls, 2s. ; Promenade, ls. ; Gallery, 6d. ROYAL ALHAMBRA.- The wonderful. Performing Elephant AJAX on SATURDAY MORNING NEXT, the 23d instant, at Two o'clock, and at each subsequent representation for a limited period. MADAME TUSSAUD'S HISTORICAL GALLERY; established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street —Great Treat for the Juveniles during the Holidays.—The series of Models of the Kings of England, from the Conqueror to that of her present Majesty, attired in the magnificent costumes of their respective periods, is now neany complete ; and in the Chamber of Physiognomy are several new additions. Admission, Is. ; extra rooms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Hay market. NOTICE. —M. JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS will be continued at the above elegant rooms. Admission ls. Conductor— M. .1 iII,T,IEN. Solo Performers—Messrs. Mosca, Tyler, Horton, Snelling, Progratski, M.Kenney, ke. Doors Open at 8, commence at half-past. Manager, M. GRENET. -------- 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM. Open daily from 10 fill 10. Lectures at 4 and 7 o'clock. Where may be seen the Astecs; Bushman and Wife • Julia Pastrana and Infant ; Eng and Shang th e and upwards ot 3,0D0 Models, Natural' Pre ;Egyptian. Mummies, unwrapped, 4,000 years Sr o i l in d arm . atel' i en d g as ie s n 'lon, One bluffing (tor (f entleuten only). JACKSON, AND throughout the MES x r ILION JA s 2-1 ( a S ll year. MarkeSttep.CriOclir g ° i l l ' aranteed. Remittances. London and Westminster Bank. I'ost-office Orders payable at Camber well-park. N.B.—Betting on the Waterloo Cup. Address —B o rr and JAC KSON, " Man o f the World" Wine Stores, George-strcet, Camberwell -part, Loudon. ZZALoW-17.--87,1r"r,..," - • L question will be examined by tho Diet, undet ily- ..-- w -"- is - co.operation." ''''' \ .' 'c-,: .. - ---1-7 ' ._:..,,._ , The Minister-President replied : -... -,--- .1, ~.-_,... f 1 : "His Majesty spoke of an examination, not of a - r,l - decision. The position of Prussia as a great Power required that she should independently examine every resolution of the Diet, but not submit herself to every decision—a view which, under other cir cumstances, would be approved by the majority of the Committee." Referring to the words immediately following the above passage in the Royal speech," and I can- Inot anticipate the results of that examination," the Minister continued : " The competence of the Diet to decide the suc cession question was by no means admitted. If the Confederation was a union of sovereign States, the full sovereignty of each State continued in all things, where not expressly limited by the Federal treatks. Federal treaties cor,tairicd no stipulations f rom which this competence was to be deduced. Unques tionably the Federal Thet Was entitled to decide, after examining the legitimation ot a representative, whether it would admit him or rot; but from that point to sovereign decision ot the right of succession in a Federal country was a wide leap. Let any one mention a precedent in which the Diet bud decided upon the rights of claimants of a succession, and in which it had undertaken to remove one and instal another. Nobody could wish to controvert the competence of the Diet to examine the right of succession in a disputed case; but it wculd have to conduct that examination with the utmost caution, that its results mightbe tenable before the European forum. Lastly, he could assure them, as upon a for mer occasion, that mistrust between himself and the Chamber of Deputies should not be mutual. It was his wish to enter into the matter with the means legally granted by the house. If these should be refused, he should take them wherever he could." Thereupon the report of the Committee observes that expressions of this character require no com ment, but that it was their duty to state the in fluence which these declarations ought to exercise upon the vote of the house. According to the views of the Government, the house would run the danger " that the supplies granted today for the fulfilment of Federal duties would be to•morrow applied by the Government to obstruct the resolutions of the Diet." The declarations of the Minister-President east aside German nationality and common inte rests equally with regard to right. He considers the binding force of a treaty not to depend upon its contents or upon the good faith of its contractors, but upon the question how many bayonets will be set in motion for it. From this point of view it would be just as consistent for the Ministry to dis regard even the justest resolution of the Diet on account of the military weakness of its originators, as when it patiently accepts illegal measures of the great Powers on account of the superiority of their armies. r. The report goes on to refute the arguments of Herr von Bismark seriatim, commenting severely upon each, and recommends, by the nnamimoue vote of the Committee, the refusal of the loan. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, & LINCOLNSHIRE. The report of the directors of this company states that the total revenue of the past half-year from all sources amounted to £364,429, the total expenditure to £179,495, and the balance of net profit to £]84,934, which, with the balance of £6,474 from the previous half-year, gives a total sum of £191,408 available for interest and dividend. The debenture and other interest chargeable against the revenue of the half-year amounts to £61,118, the canal annuities to £14,143, and the dividends on the various classes of prefer ence stock and shares to £81,263, making a total charge of £156,525, leaving a balance of £34,884, out of which the directors recommend that a dividend be paid at the rate of 11 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock of the cow pup, leaving a balance of £5,483 for the next, account. 'rho traffic receipts, as compared with the corresponding period of last year, show an increase of £27,877. '1 ho totAl local traffic amounts to £160,311; and the foreign traffic to £150,509, making £316,820. The dues, wharfage, &e., of the Grimsby docks for the past half-year amount to £5,451, against £1,123 for the cor responding half of 1862, showing an increase of £1,311. Thu quantity of coal shipped in the half-year w:s ti 7,023 xis, against 68,784 tons for the same half of 1862, showing an increase of 19,145 tons. Tilt. company's share of the net profits of the SJuth Junction itailway amounts to £3,957, as against £8,147, showing an I:tcrease of £BlO over the corresponding period of last year. ne revenue of the canals shows an increase of £1,832 as compared with the corre sponding period of last year. The effect of the consolidation of the working of the canals with that of the railway has been satisfactory. Although the receipts of the canals have been increased by £1,832, the working expenses, which in clude £1,122 in reduction of the suspense accounts, havo been diminished by £2,897, showing an increase of net pro fit of £4,729. The directors regret that the Gersten and Liverpool Railway is not Set completed, as they had anti cipated. The expenditure on capital account during the last half• year amounts to £?38,650, of which £151,470 is for subscriptions to other companies, £48,560 for works and stations, and £30,018 for new rolling stock. The capital account shows that £10,341,788 had been received, and £10,151,451 expended, leaving a balance of £190,331. The Murder of a Wife by her Husband near Leominster, The facts relating to this shocking murder have already been briefly stated. More full details have since come to light. On Monday evening a working man named Lippett, proceeding along the road in the parish of Hennor, near Leominster, hearing a low moan on a path leading across a field, at once went to the spot, and had only gone a few yards along the path, when he was alarmed at a ghastly spectacle—a woman lying on one side of the path in a pool of blood. Her body was also besmeared with it, and every thing indicated that she had been foully murdered. Appalled at the sight, he at once rushed to the mansion of Captain Stevenson, which is close by, and cold what he had seen. He then ran to Hamnish, and acquainted Mr. Vale, the parish constable, with what he had seen. A cart and horse were procured at once, and Vale accompanied Lippett to the spot where the woman was lying. On examination they found several frightful gashes on the top of the head, one of them so deep that the brain protruded. There was another terrible wound of a similar description at the back of the head. There were other bruises, and the skull seemed beaten to pieces. The head and face were covered with matted blood and brains. An apron was at once tied round her head, and she wasconveyed to the workhouse at Leominster. The surgeon of the workhouse was in immediate attendance, and everything possible done to relieve he r, bat she died at 11 o'clock on the following evening. The nurse said she heard her say "O dear!" once. Daring the day the unfortu nate victim of this outrage, Mary Watkins, who was a strong robust woman about 30 years of age, and the mother of three when a fierce quarrel children (one illegitimate), had been out washing for a per son in Hennor, and had left for her home about 6 p.m., and immoralities inan led to his leaving her seen wohf which rti have lls transpired s w red ldiscoveredeave butby Lip pett.little doubt thn Circumstances moreat the w as perpetrator of this cruel murder is the larines. In July last he desert ed ohet e himi n te n f o Yt r ha , le bnt appears to have wandered de ceased's husband. Not long after marriage he is said to have barns, &c., afraid to go to his wife, lest against him. He has been heard on seve aaasen- sued.hntteodd discovered thuo siTuslreturnedletli e enlisting .h sigi e nna r iftngnoo w dr m i nhll t ral occasions . to threaten her with violence. When last seen ho was noticed to have clogs on with iron plates at the bot tom, and on the path where tho murder occurred there were marks of a person w ear i ng c l ogs wa lki ng u p a nd down seve ral times. He is a smart man, about 28 years of age, but bears a very indifferent character. Ho has decamped, and L the clogs have been traced a long distance, but ho has not yet been captured. ClillllCll CLOCK.S.—" A more splendid and exquisitely finished piece of mechanism we have never seen."—Standard. Clocks by the first artists of the day for the drawing room, dining room, bed room, library, hail, staircase, bracket, car riage, church, turret, railways, warehouse, counting house, musical, and astronomical. Church and turret clocks spe cially estimated for. Benson's illustrated pamphlet on clocks, free by post for two stamps, with descriptions and prices, enables those who live in any part of t!.e world to select a clock. Also a short pamphlet on cathedral and public clocks, free for one stamp, Prize medal and honourab:e limn lion in classes 33 and 15. J. W. Denson, 33 and 34, Lud gute-hill, London. listablish,ld 1710. Watch and clock maker, by welal warrant of arryintraent, to i 1,11,11. the Prince of Wal' a. • • ALK 11.0TDS, NOVI) DV A pirine is found in the COCOS lOptWea t bc17,7 loni,c in tlir, leAves Ana twigs of belladonna, eaps,cin, - in thrr, pf , recarp of tho (. 9 1) 6 ' cum, crotoninc in the seeds of croton. A STARTLING DISCOVERY.—A woman mimed Harley was drawing water fro m a well at a paY lace called Duck-lane, Sedgley, Staffordshire, on Wcdnesd apparently about morning, when the bucket became accidentally detached i t b en un d d ay to s c o u ld n . tai A n from the chain, and fell into the water. She procured a hook and endeavoured to regain possession of the bucket, but first brought up a heavy parcel. This on being opened was indications that a murder had been committed. A coroner's inquest on the body will be held to-day (Friday). bthrieckdewa'asi b ti j e Y d o t o f a i tcshichild, body, and there ware BEAUTIFUL FOR EVER. MADAME RACHEL ON " FEMALE GRACE AND BEAUTY." Just published, ABOOK OF BEAUTY By Madame RACHEL. To be had at 47A, New Bond-street. Price 28. 6d. THOXF O R D, 11 , OXFORD STREET , W. THIS EVENING, will be performed Selections from the following Operas, viz., THE SLAVE, by Sir H. Bish op; also, from LA FORZA DEL DESIINO—Verdi ; by the fol lowing talented artistes .—Misses !Russell, Townley, Fitz- Henry, %V almsley, Tyrrell, and Ellison l ; Messrs. Green, Huish, Kimberley, Stuart, Arc. Solos on the 'Violin by VIOTTI COLLINS, the cele brated English Violinist. Flute by Drew Dean. Pianoforte, Miss Bryant. And the mArvellous instrument, the ORCHESTRAL PIANO, by Hirr SCHALKENBACH, the Inventor. Comedy, by UNSWORTH (" or any other man"), Enzene, W. Randall,W. T. Critchfield, T. Maclagan, George Hutchen son, and the marvellous Gymnasts, Messrs. Berri, Leach, and Foster. THIS EVENING, will be produced, supported by the entire comany, a new and original Cantata , ent itled " Kin g Christmas." written by Litchfield Moseley, Esq., and com posed by W. Meyer Lutz, expressly for the establishment. Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. / fie' )iq anu 6 9 f i r r o g 4 1 0 4 8 ' SPr ,is